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Elastic

Posted: June 7th, 2015, 9:30 pm
by Andy hodgess
Just a quick question,when elasticating top kits,what would your advice be? top two's or top three's?.Mainly for fishing rivers..

Elastic

Posted: June 8th, 2015, 8:19 am
by Botty
Hi
Well my understanding is:

A top 3 kit is sometimes called a 'match kit', I would mainly use this on canals or pools where I would expect to catch small fish with small baits and hope for perhaps the odd big fish.
A top two kit is sometimes referred to as a 'power kit' as the name suggests it is more powerful in that it can take a bigger diameter elastic and as such is designed for bigger fish i.e. carp, bream etc. in lakes.

So the choice is yours really - if you wish to target small fish with small baits a top 3 would be my choice - but if you are after the larger fish with bigger baits then a top two kit would be my choice. 

As I say - this is MY opinion, others may think differently

Elastic

Posted: June 8th, 2015, 9:41 am
by joffmiester
Hi Andy
I have a sensas pole when you say top three i take you mean the smallest section of the pole that you often have to cutback .
For canals and small fish i us that section and the next one from 1,2,3,
for bigger fish i take this section out and use the second and third section i also use these two sections for all my River top kits again 3,4,5 and 8 for bonus fish .

Elastic

Posted: June 8th, 2015, 9:03 pm
by Andy hodgess
Thanks gent's,i've been using match top two's in the past with 3,4,5 elastics 6,8 on match top three's,had no problems with them.Don't use my power tops.Just want to make sure i have no problems during up and coming sensas matches. :)

Elastic

Posted: June 10th, 2015, 6:44 am
by daveyboy
Top three for me as well, the only sizes I use are, 4,5 and 6 elastics

Elastic

Posted: June 10th, 2015, 7:49 pm
by Markus
For me It's top 2 (around 1.2m) for silvers. Never had a problem. What could be done is elasticate top 3 for baggin situations when fishing for big silvers/bream. Then put your elastic under more tension. Smaller fish can be landed fast and you have some extra elastic for the bigger fish.